Billiard-cue.



v PATENTED MAR. 7, 1905. J. N. WHITEHOUSE & J. BENDER. BILLIARD CUE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.15.1903.

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Patented March 7, 1905.

@li o JOHN N. Wl-ll'lTEHOUSE AND JACOB BENDER, ()F N EW il'UltK, N.

BIILMARD CUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,090, dated March 7,1905.

Application filed October 15, 1908. Serial No. 177,165.

To all 111710111, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JonN N. WHITE- HOUSE and JACOB BENDER, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Billiard -Cues, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the balancing of billiard-cues and to theconstruction of the handle end of the same, so that when complete theone will have the same appearance and effect as if made in the usual Wayof two pieces of different kinds of wood, the object being to produce atsmall cost a single-piece cue equal to or better.than the two-piece cuesin common use.

In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made, and which forma part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cue,showing the balancing-weights, Fig. 2 illustrating the first operation.Fig. 3 illustrates the completed cues; and Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 areenlarged cross-sections illustrating the steps of manufacture, thesections being on the dotted lines in the other figures.

In the drawings, 2 designates the body of the cue, made of a singlepiece of wood. The butt of the one has a covering 3, of celluloid, hardrubber, or other similar material, preferably celluloid, of any desiredcolor. The cue is balanced by transverse plugs 4 l, of metal, insertedin holes bored in the cue. These may be distributed as experiencedictates, and a "reater or less number of plugs may be used to producecues of different Wei hts, and the plugs may be of uniform or ofdifferent sizes, so that not only accurate weights of cues may beproduced, but so that by differentiating the location of the plugsaccurate balancing of the cue may be attained. By preference the plugsare put in alternately along different diameters. The stick is thenformed with shallow depressions 5 in its surface in any form desired,preferably flashed in points 6, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Thesedepressions are, by preference, formed by compression, as by squeezingin a die or press with proper mandrels under heavy pressure. After thedepressions have been formed a strip 7 of thin celluloid, hard rubber,or similar material is wrapped around the cue, so as to cover thedepressions 5, as shown .in Fig. 5. Then around the sleeve of celluloidis wrapped a covering 8, of some proper and suitable material for thenu'pose -such as cloth, leather, or the like-and pressure is thenapplied to the covering 8 around the stick, which forces the material 7down into the depressions, where they adhere, as shown at 6 6, Fig. 7.This done, that portion of the outside material over the raised portionof the one between the depressions is removed by sandpapering, grinding,or in any other suitable way. ln this way we produce a one of a singlepiece of wood and which one is the same in appearance as if made in theusual and more expensive way of two dill'erent kinds of wood.Furthermore, our new one is superior to the two-piece cue, for thereason, first, that the covering at the butt of the cue presents apermanent, smooth, and attractive surface for the player to grasp andwhich can be easily kept cleaned and polished, and, second, the plugs ofmetal inserted for balancing and weighting the one are covered by theoutside permanent covering of cclluloid or like material and held firmlyin place thereby.

All standard ones which are made of a sin.- gle stick of wood must beweighted and bal anced by metal inserted at the butt; otherwise the buttwould have to he too large .in diameter. When the cue made of two piecesof wood, the butt is made of more dense and heavier wood than the frontportion of the cue, so that this in itself properly weights and balancesthe butt of the one. B y our invention we are enabled to produce asingle-stick one of standard size at the butt and one of standard weightand balance at comparatively small cost, and atthe same time the one isattractive in appearance, smooth, clean, durable, and .in all respectsmeets the requirements of a practical and fastidious billiard player.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim. as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A billiarchcue made of one piece of wood and having the tapering buttthereof over and having the tapering butt thereof over- 1 extendedportions Which are inlaid into the 10 laid with celluloid said overlaybeing formed material of the cue, substantially as shown With spacedextendedportions 6, 6 which are and described. inlaid lnto the materialof the cue, substan JOHN N WHITEHOUSE tially as described.

2. Abilliard-cue made of one piece of Wood JACOB BENDER' l/Vitnesses:

H. A. WEsT, MATTHEW BURNS.

laid With celluloid, said overlay being formed at its smaller end withspaced and tapering

